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2 Repealing Labour Department Act 1954

(1)

The Labour Department Act 1954 is hereby repealed.

(2)

The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby consequentially repealed.

(3)

Nothing in this section affects—

(a)

the continued existence of the department of State existing immediately before the commencement of the Labour Department Act 1903 and known then, and immediately before the commencement of this Act, as the Department of Labour; or

(b)

the appointment or tenure of the chief executive, or any other employee, of the Department of Labour; or

(c)

the continued existence of any advisory council or committee appointed under section 11 of the Labour Department Act 1954.

(4)

Every delegation under section 7 or section 7A of the Labour Department Act 1954 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to have effect according to its tenor as if it had been made on that commencement under section 28 or section 41 of the State Sector Act 1988.

(5)

Every reference in—

(a)

any Act, regulation, or other enactment, passed, made, or enacted before 11 June 1985; or